Rail-coupling and bed-plate



J; NEY. V RAIL-COUPLING AND BED PLATE.

(No Mqdel.)

No. 268.928. PatentedDeo. 12, 188-2..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN NEY, F SHERIDAN, CALIFORNIA.

RAIL-COUPLING AND BED-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,928, dated December12, 1882.

Application filed June 12, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOHN NEY, ofSheridan, county of Placer, State ofCalifornia, have in vented an Improved Rail-Coupling and Bed- Plate; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to a novel rail-coupling and bed-plate forrailways; and it consists i'n a peculiar cap, fitting over the meetingends or [0 joints of the rails and bolted down to a peculiar cap, but ofthe bed-plate to which it is bolted.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective. Fig.2 is a section on the line 1 2, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectionof the coupling capand plate A; Fig. 4, an elevation of the rail E; Fig.5, a plan showing bottom of plate A.

A represents the bed-plate. This consists of two pieces or sections,with side flanges, a, framed into each other and pivoted together bymeans of a cross-bolt, a, passing through the overlapping edges.

B represents the coupling cap. This is shaped somewhat like an ordinaryT-rail, having the rolling-surface b, a hollow or recessed body or core,b, and sloping flanges b These flanges lie between the side flanges, a,of the bed-plate, and have secured to them or formed with them ears b,which extend down into apertures or sockets in the bed-plate. Grossbolts0 pass through the bed-plate and through the ears b from side to side,thus holding the cap B down to the bed-plate;

Let E E represent a portion of meeting-rails. These are ordinary T-rails with a portion of the ball or rolling-surface cut away down to thebody of the rail. The ends of the rail are fitted into the socket ofthecap, their flanges passing under the flange b of the cap between themand the bed-plate, and their bodies pass ing into the grooved orrecessed body b said cap. Their ends meet at the middle, and theirrollingsurfaces continue the even plane of the rolling-surface ofthecap.

D are spikes driven down through the flanges b of the cap, through theedges of the flanges of the rails, and through the bed-plate into thecross-tie below.

F are bolts'driven through the bodies or core of the cap and the railsand secured by nuts, as shown. These nuts are locked in position by theheads of spikes ]),thus providing inseparation can occur at the joint,and the pos-- sible sinking is provided for by thejointed bedplate,which, by being adapted to yield at its middle, may conform itself toany alterations and still hold the ('ap B straight. The arrangement ofbolts is to the best advantage in holding all the parts together and insecuring them firmly to the road-bed. The cap B may be made of anysuitable length, and may be placed on any part of the rail to repair itwhen necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A combined rail coupling and bed-plate consisting of the two-partjointedbed-plate A, the coupling-cap B, having a rolling-surface, b, a hollowor grooved body, b, flanges b and ears b said cap being s cured to thebed-plate b bolts 0, and the railsE E, fitting within said cap andbolted therein, as shown, the whole device being secured to the road-bedby spikes D, sub stantially as herein, described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

JOHN NEY. Witnesses I FRANKLIN DALLAs, PETER TINCHETTE.

